"Its extensions—to get a wide audience with new peripherals in order to interact with a game," he explained. "I cannot help but think of Shaun White Wii, which is definitely a must-try. It's so intuitive." When asked whether he believes that these peripherals, things like the MotionPlus and the Wii Fit Balance Board, will have enough market penetration to make it worth developing for them, Mallat said "Yeah. I think the figures speak for themselves. It's getting there. It's becoming mass-market."

Ubisoft has already confirmed that the upcoming Red Steel 2 will support MotionPlus, so it looks as though they are backing Nintendo's multi-peripheral strategy for the Wii. Hopefully this will become a trend among third-party developers, as it would be a shame to see only a few games take advantage of the new add-on. The trick will be to create something compelling in software and then bundle in the hardware; the Wii Play package went a long way to making sure gamers have multiple controllers. It's rare that an add-on becomes truly mass market, however, even with Nintendo's current power.

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